Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-07


| ing the prisoner, and at the same time giving
protection 70 the interests of society 1t will
not be questioned that reform school for boys
in this State is greatly needed. II is not in the
| interest of good government to lodge mere
| youths in a State Prison where their associa-
tons will tend 10 degrade rather than reform
| them"
| 1.-THE Commission recommend that the State
| Board of Prison Directors have the power to ap-
| point an agent for discharged conviets on the
| plan followed in Massachusetts,, am of opinion
| that this should be done. md if the experiment
| does not prove successful it may be abandoned"
He recites what action has been had in the
matter of State claims against the Federal Gov
ment, and commends the state agent at Wash
| ington, Captain John Mullan.
OF the School for the Deaf Dumb. and Blind,
| he says: Their is no class of children in the
state who appeal more strongly to PUBLIC sym
pathy than the deaf and the blind. and l have
| reason to believe from frequent personal in
| Spection. thst no school of this kind in the
| country is doing its benefcent work in a more
satisfactory manner than the institution at
Berkeley
The Institution for adult blind has not, so far,
| fulfilled the expectations of its projectors.
| Through want of harmony among the Diree-
tors and other causes, the hope that it would
be seltsustaining is likely TO be far from being
realized.
'lhe condition of the National Guard as to
! attendance drill and discipline, is good; its
personnel admirable. The major part of the
| small arms in the hands of the militia are old,
much worn. and generally not in good condi-
| lQ,W
ally the case with the field pieces, which are en-
| tirely unsuited to the service. The War Depart
ment has urged upon Congress the necessity of
| the United States xch9nging arms of the latest
models for the old ones in the hands of the sew
| eral States. Such exchanges it is hoped will be
| soon effected and the confidence and efficiency
OF our citizen soldiery thereby greatly increased
| The most urgent need of our National Guards
men is to be newly uniformed, at the expense of
| the State. A large part of the uniforms now
| worn a-e old and threadbare, and were pur-
chased by the wearers. The heavy expense at
| tending such purchase has deferred MANI of
our most desirable young men from joining the
| service. By the Legislature taking favorable
| action on the request to be submitted by the Ma
tional Guard Officers Association for an appro-
| priation to relieve this pressing necessity, it
| would result in largely increasing the member
| ship and general welfare of the militia. / re-
new my recommendation, made to the last
| Legislature, of making an appropriation addi-
tional to that for the payments of armory
| rents and proper incidental expenses of the Ma
| tional Guard, to cover the expenses OF encamp-
ments, reiterating my opinion as then ex-
pressed as to the great importance OF such for
| field instruction"
1.-The State pays annually for rent in San
Francisco the large sum of $4,000. which is six
per cent. on over $4,000 large proportion of
| this amount is for rent of armories for the Ma
! tional Guard. 1t would be wise economy 'or the
State to build two or three armories in that city,
| where the companies now scattered could be
concentrated"
As to the insane asylums, he recites the Stats
ties of the institutions and the need for further
appropriations and more medical aid, and adj
| vises that it be given.
The asylum for the chronic insane now in
| course of construction in Santa Clara county, is
| being pushed with commendable zeal and en-
ergy and the people may look for the compile
| ton of the building by the list of July next.
| 8 The Trustees in their report say that in the
| prosecution of the work necessary to meet the
actual increase of the insane element of this
State, ii is earnestly recommended the necessity
of an appropriation of five hundred and thirty
| four thousand one hundred dollars, for the car
| rying out of the work as designated in the de-
| tailed statement of the report. The urgency of
| this appeal is rendered more emphatic by rea-
son OF the fact that the asylnms at Napa and
| Stockton are enormously oYercrowded. and that
| the simple reduction of those institutions to
| their normal accommodating capacity will fill
all the buildings now being erected, as well as
| the additional ward buildings, as proposed.
| Hence to relax more extended provision for
accommodation at Agnews is to repeat the in
justice and incur the dangers that beset over
crowding beyond sanitary limits in hospitals for
the insane
The Bank Commission is popular and, he be-
| lieves, broadly useful, and inspires confidence.
| he advises that the Commissions labors be
| lightened, and that select Committee on
Banks be set up in each House of the Legisla-
| ture.
"Tte Fish Commissioners, in their report
say that it is matter of serious regret that our
choicest and most valued fish, the Quinnat sal
mon, is annually decreasing Unless salmon
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| fostered as nucleus for increase. our rivers
| will become barren of this valuable fish. They
recommend that the close season for salmon
| should be enlarged. The season is now between
| the 30th of August and LIST of October. 1t should
| be from the LIST day of August until the LIST day
| of October. The Commissioners recommend
that law should be passed prohibiting the use
| of Whist is called the Chinese shrimp or bag
| net This net does more damage to the fish
| interest of the State than all other nets and
traps combined: Also, that law should be
| passed prohibiting the use of Chinese sturgeon
| lines at any time, and making the penalty severe
| for its violation"
The recommendations of the Insurance Com
| missioner are presented without approval or
| disapproYal.
| He recites the work done by the Iarbor Com
| mission The growing demands of an in
| creasing foreign and domestic trade have
| necessitated very great additions to the wharf
accommodations in the last three and a half
| years. Two sections of seawaIl have been
| built-No 5, 900 feet long, and Section 6, 800
feet long-at a cost of s131, 60 The total length
| of the seawall is 6,961 feet, and the average
cost, per linear foot is about 81 2s. Total cost
| 81, 191, 3ii Sc. The Board estimates that there
| viii be in the State Treasury. to the credit of
| the San Francisco harbor improvement fund
| on the LIST of January, 1887, very nearly 5000
| and it is contemplated, very soon to construct
! another section of the seawall. commencing at
| the southern end of Section 6, and extending
southerly 500 or 900 feet Turing the two fiscal
| years embraced in the report, the Board made
| very markes reduction in the rates of dockage
and tolls amounting to about 20 per clint in dock
age and, in some instances, to 80 per cent in tolls
| and entirely removed tolls on wheat and flour
| shipped from this port 1t also reduced the
| dockage on river steamers, thereby placing
| them on as favorable a footing. in respect to
| dockage, as OCEAN steamers. Notwithstanding
| these reductions. which went into effect on
| July l, 1885, there has been no substantial fall
| ing of in the revenue
| Referring to agriculture and horticulture he
| says: 1t is with feeling OF satisfaction that
| refer tn Californias chief industry, as under
this heading can legitimateiy come all produce
| lions of the land The productive qualities of
this great State are at this time commanding
! the attention of the world, not alone in the
yield OF cereals, but in the cultivation of more
| varied products. The increased interest and
successful results in the vine and fruit-growirr
districts have added greatly to the productive
| fame of California. A State that can show n
| production, annually. of from 20O01 600 To ~ :
000010 bushels of wheat, 15,000,01O to Is OO0OO1
| gallons Of wine, thousands of tons of fruit
| s0g1000 to l0000,0G0 pounds OF wool 59O0g1
boxes OF raisins, and whose citrus fruits are the
| admiration of all must be prosperous. The de-
mGnd for her productions Will increase in a
| manifold degree.
"The United States is a country of immense
| area, with population OF oO,QoOoO1 people, aud
rapidly increasing. California is but a small
| portion OF these United States but is the one
| that can produce the greatest variety of the
| prime articles OF necessity and luxury. Not
only must her billy slopes and rich valleys fur
| nish all the wine these people are to use, but
| also the raisins, figs, olives, etc. The unrela-
bility OF fruit-raiSing in many of our States and
| the noticeable regularity with which this STATE
brings forth her fruit both deciduous and citruSl
has demonstrated that California is the fore
! mott fruit producing State in the Union.
| To properly bring the attention of the con-
| sumner to our productions. both agricultural and
| horticultural. we mus. foster such industries
The various public institutions, for this purpose
now aided by the State, find TO be managed in
| a manner that not only reflects credit upon the
Boards OF Management, but upon the people OF
| the state. The most prominent institution
among those referred TO is the State Agricult-
ursl society, which has accomplished much
; towards increasing the resources of the State
! The increased advantages now offered to exhib-
itors, the Inauguration of a system OF encourage
| ing the varied productions of each county, the
! largely increased displays in the livestock de-
! partment, and the general interest manifested
in the annual exhibition of this Society, are evil
licences thatthe management has been most com
plete. In the erection of the extensive exposition
| building in Sacramento, and remodeling the
| park grounds. Obligations were incurred by the
Board of Directors of the State Agricultural So
eiety, for which they have become personally
| responsible. This Indebtedness was necessary
| to complete and successfully carry out the i'm
provements commenced. Hence it was obliga-
| tory for the Board TO obtain funds and to do so
they individually signed notes to the amount of
| $50 600, for the purposes named trusting to ex-
| tinguish it from the resources of the society.
aided by the biennial appropriations made by
I tho The late fifrrS Fair hold IL,